Combination-stand



Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

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COMBINATION STAND.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-21,1918.

1,390,605, PatentedSept. 13, 1921.

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' L. 65 Dar/i5 LUCKEY o; DAVIS, "or BOLEY, OKLAHOMA.

COMBINATION-STAND.

Specification of Lettersfatent.

Application filed November 21, Serial No. 263,573.

To all QLlLO WL it may concern: I Be it known that I, LUCKEY C. DAVIS, c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Boley,

in the county of Okfuskee and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I Combination- Stands, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to an improved combination stand and has as its primary object to provide a device of this character adapted toform a basket stand for an ironing board so thatthe clothes to be ironed may be conveniently packed within the basket of the stand where such clothes may be easily reached by a person ironing upon the board supported by the stand.

A further object of the invention in this connection is to provide a stand equipped with a clothes line so that the clothes may, after having been ironed, be hung upon sald line to thoroughly dry.

And the invention has a still further object to provide a stand which be compactly folded so that when the stand is not in use it may occupy a minimum space.

- Other and incidental objects will appear during the course of the detailed description of the invention. In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved stand in use as an ironing stand, i Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview showing one of the cross strips of the stand detached.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner in which the cross strips are engaged with-the crossed legs of the stand for supporting the legs extended,

. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the stand folded,

Fig. 51s a detail perspective view showing the manner in which the end walls of the basket of the stand are formed, and

Fig. .6. is a fragmentary perspective view Y showing the mounting of the loops employed for supporting the ironing board in inactive position. r

In carrying the invention into effect I employ pairs of crossed legs orstandards,

the legs of each pair being indicated at 10 and 11 respectively. Connecting the legs of Patented se e 1921.

each pair are bolts or other suitable fastenf ing devices 12 and extending between corresponding legs of said pairs at their upper extremities are upper and lower parallel side bars or strips 13 and 14: respectively, screwed or otherwise securedat their ends to said legs and rigidly connecting the pairs of legs.

Extending diagonally between the upper endportlons of the legs 11 and lying be: tween the adjacent side bars upon said legs,

is a brace baror strip 15 and connected to the upper end portions of the legs 10- to eX- tend between the side bars thereof, is a similar hrace bar or strip 16 inclined in a direction opposite to the inclination of the strip 15. Crossing the strip15 is a brace wire-or cable 17', secured at its ends to screw eyes 18 upon the legs 11 and crossing the strip 16 is a similar brace wire or cable 19 secured at its ends to screw eyes 20 upon the legs 10. As will be seen, the side bar's together with the brace bars and brace wires, will rigidly connect and-support the pairs of legs with respect to each other for producing a thoroug-hly rigid stand structure. Connected at one end to one of the upper sidebars 13, as at 21, is a cord or other suitablev flexible element which isthreaded-through an opposite-1y disposed opening in the other of the upper side bars, as shown at 22, and is then then continued. through an opening, as

25, in the other of the bottom side bars, to form one of the bottom strands 27 of the basket. From theopening 25 the cord is then continued through the opening 22 and then is taken along the inner side face of the adjacent upper side bar to an opening 28 through which the cord is threaded and then through the bottom side bars and the other upper side bar of the stand, this back and strands 23, the free extremity of the cord is carried back and forth in the manner described with respect to said cross strands to provide overlapping cross strands 29 in one of Which is formed a series of spaced loops 30. Connected at its ends to the adjacent terminal bottom strand of the basket is a cord 31 threaded back and forth through the loops and beneath said strand to form the adjacent end wall for the basket. A similar cord 32 is connected at its ends to the other terminal bottom strand of the basket and is threaded back and forth through the loops 24; and beneath this bottom strand to form the other end wall of the basket. A complete basket is thus produced and it will be seen that in thus forming the basket it will be of minimum weight while, at the same time, said basket will be adapted to effectually retain clothes placed therein. Further, as will also be readily understood in this connection, when the upper ends of the pairs of crossed legs 10 and 11 are spread apart, the overlapping cross strands 23 and 29 of the end walls of the basket will be drawn taut for thus tensioning the vertical strands of said end walls.

Rested upon the upper ends of the pairs of crossed legs 10 and 11 are cross strips 33, one of which is shown in detail in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Adjacent their ends these 7 strips are, as shown in Fig. 3, provided with sockets 34 at which are mounted socket plates 35 screwed or otherwise secured to the bottom facesof said strips. The sockets 34 are adapted to removably receive screws .Or other suitable upstanding studs 36 projecting from the upper ends of the legs so that the cross strips 33 will thus act to rigidly maintain the legs of each pair spread apart at their upper ends and hold the clothes basket of the stand open. Furthermore, these cross strips are, as shown in Fig. 1,

adapted to provide a rest'for an ironing board, such aboard being conventionally shown in the drawings at 37. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the ironing board is arranged to extend longitudinally of the stand between the cross strips and when desired a sleeve board, as conventionally shown at 38, may be fixed upon the ironing board at one end thereof. This sleeve board is detachably secured to the ironing board by a bolt 39 eX tending'through the'ironing board and receiving a suitable wing nut so that the sleeve board may be readily removed. Swingingly connected at their ends to the upper ends of.

the legs .10. at the outer sides thereof, are arms 10. Screw eyes 4-1 are sunk into the inner side faces of these armsat their outer ends and extending between said screw eyes is a clothes line as. Sunk into the outer faces of the legs 10 above the pivot points of the arms and at the rear of said pivot points, are screws or other suitable stop pins 43 against which the arms 40 abut to be maintained by said stop pins in upright position. Thus, it will be seen, as shown lIl Fig. 1-, that clothes may be placed within the basket of the stand and conveniently removed, as desired to be ironed upon the board 37. lVhen so ironed the clothes may then be hung upon the clothes line 412 to be thoroughly dried. My improved device, therefore, provides a very convenient type of ironing stand and clothes basket with attached clothes line.

When the stand is not in use, it may be folded or collapsed in the'manner shown in Fig. 1 so that the stand may thus'occupy a minimum space. hen folding the stand the sleeve board 38 is first removed from the ironing board and placed within the clothes basket of the stand. The ironing board is then displaced from the cross strips 33 and is inserted at its ends through loops 4 1- carricd by the upper end portions of the legs 10. These loops are preferably formed of suitable lengths of wire similar to that employed for the brace wires 17 and 19 and the upper end of one loop and the lower end of the other loop are, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, secured to the eyes 20 forthe brace wire 19. The other ends of said loops are secured to screw eyes 15 sunk into the legs 10 in vertically spaced relation to the screw eyes 20 so that the ironing board may be readily fitted through or'removed from said loops. The arms 10 are then swung forwardly away from the stop pins 43 and downwardly to lie against the outer faces of the legs 10. The cross strips 33 are then detached and placed within the clothes basket when the legs 10 ant 11 may be swung inwardly at their upper ends upon each other for collapsing the clothes basket. As will be seen, the stand when so folded may be easily carried from place to place and'convenient-ly stored.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: v v

1. A stand of the character described including pairs of crossed pivotally connected supporting legs, side bars connecting and supporting said pairs of legs in spaced relation, cross strips extending between the upper ends of the legs of said pairs and supporting'said legs extended at their upper extremities, a flexible element connected to said side bars and forming the side walls of a basket having cross strands at the ends of said slde walls, and flexible elements connected to said cross strands to form end element threaded back and forth through said pairs of side bars to form the side walls of a basket having terminal cross strands between the upper side bars and terminal cross strands between the lower side bars, the terminal cross strands between the upper side bars being provided with spaced loops, and flexible elements threaded through said loops and engaged around the terminal cross strands between the lower side bars to 10 form the end walls of the basket. I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LUOKEY o. DAVIS. 1 8. 

